Judicial

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Judicial \Ju*di"cial\, a. [L. judicialis, fr. judicium judgment,
     fr. judex judge: cf. OF. judicial. See {Judge}.]
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     1. Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a
        judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of
        justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial


        power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale. "Judicial
        massacres." --Macaulay.
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              Not a moral but a judicial law, and so was
              abrogated.                            --Milton.
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     2. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial
        mind; judicial temperament.
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     3. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from
        {legislative}, {administrative}, or {executive}. See
        {Executive}.
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     4. Judicious. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  judicial
       adj 1: decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a
              judicial decision"
       2: belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge; "judicial
          robes"
       3: relating to the administration of justice or the function of
          a judge; "judicial system" [syn: {juridical}, {juridic}]
       4: expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a
          biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in
          purpose"-Tyler Dennett [syn: {discriminative}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "judicial":
     actionable, analytical, applicable, authorized, careful,
     circumspect, competent, considerate, constitutional, critical,
     curial, discerning, discreet, discriminating, discriminative,
     discriminatory, distinguishing, enlightened, fair, forensic,
     impartial, judgmatic, judgmental, judicative, judicatorial,
     judicatory, judiciary, judicious, juridic, juridical,
     jurisdictional, jurisdictive, juristic, just, justiciable, keen,
     kosher, lawful, lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate,
     licit, magisterial, official, perceptive, percipient,
     perspicacious, politic, provident, prudent, prudential, reflecting,
     reflective, rightful, sanctioned, sharp, statutory, thoughtful,
     tribunal, valid, well-advised, well-judged, within the law
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  JUDICIAL. Belonging, or emanating from a judge, as such. 
       2. Judicial sales, are such as are ordered by virtue of the process of 
  courts. 1 Supp. to Ves. jr., 129, 160; 2 Ves. jr., 50. 
       3. A judicial writ is one issued in the progress of the cause, in 
  contradistinction to an original writ. 3 Bl. Com. 282. 
       4. Judicial decisions, are the opinions or determinations of the judges 
  in causes before them. Hale, H. C. L. 68; Willes' R. 666; 3 Barn. & Ald. 122 
  4 Barn. & Adolph. 207 1 H. B1. 63; 5 M. & S. 185. 
       5. Judicial power, the authority vested in the judges. The constitution 
  of the United States declares, that "the judicial power of the United States 
  shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the 
  congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish." Art. 3, s. 1. 6. By 
  the constitutions of the several states, the judicial power is vested in 
  such courts as are enumerated in each respectively. See the names Of, the 
  several states. There is nothing in the constitution of the United States to 
  forbid or prevent the legislature of a state from exercising judicial 
  functions; 2 Pet. R. 413; and judicial acts have occasionally been performed 
  by the legislatures. 2 Root, R. 350; 3 Greenl. R. 334; 3 Dall. R. 386; 2 
  Pet. R. 660; 16 Mass. R. 328; Walk. R. 258; 1 New H. Rep. 199; 10 Yerg. R. 
  59; 4 Greenl. R. 140; 2 Chip., R. 77; 1 Aik. R. 314. But a state legislature 
  cannot annul the judgments, nor determine the jurisdiction of the courts of 
  the United States; 5 Cranch, It. 116; 2 Dall. R. 410; nor authoritatively 
  declare what the law is, or has been, but what it shall be. 2 Cranch, R. 
  272; 4 Pick. R. 23. Vide Ayl. Parerg. 27; 3 M. R. 248; 4 M. R. 451; 9 M. R. 
  325; 6 M. R. 668; 12 M. R. 349; 3 N. S. 551; 5 N. S. 519; 1 L. R. 438 7 M. 
  R. 325; 9 M. R. 204; 10 M. R. 1.